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Two ex-SIA A380 to be dismantled for spare parts market
Dortmund - The leasing company Dr. Peters Group has decided to dismantle the first two Airbus A380 returned by Singapore Airlines at the end of their contract terms because they have not found customers. (airlinerwatch.com) More...
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Somebody will make more money tearing these clunkers apart than Airbus ever did putting them together. Just sayin.
Question. What is the 'economics' of the A380 that never worked? High purchase price?...low revenue per seat?...cost of operation?...not enough passengers/flight to break even? Unpopularity with customers? Thanks.
You can call the A380 AN EGO THING ON THE PART OF THE AIRBUS CEO who ordered the development and then the building . It was and is was an ego trip to build something bigger than the 747. The only operator with any success is Emirates a state supported airline which has the long haul routes to support the p;lane. They also have almost as many Boeing 777-200, 300 and 300ER and Boeing 787 then they do A380. They also have on order 150 Boeing 777x on order delivery of which just happens to coincide with the retirement of the first delivered A380. Once the 777X is launch it will be a two engine fuel efficient plane carrying close to the way their A380 are configured. It will also have greater range.
Thank you!
Good riddance to L'Edsel! That overgrown monument to EU government largesse and the collective egos of Tim Clark and John Leahy should have been killed off years ago.
The CEO of Airbus wanted something to not only compete with the Boeing 747 but surpass it. One wonders given the lack of interest in this plane if Airbus didn't just miss read the market but built this plane just to say they are better then Boeing.